A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860, Volumen 2R. Bentley, 1864 |
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... HOURS OF CAMPBELL . LETTERS OF SOUTHEY 68 70 72 73 " 9 74 75 76 76 77 79 79 81 82 83 PHILOSOPHICAL MADMEN • EASE IN MONEY - MATTERS 84 86 66 WE ARE SEVEN 66 " " TOM CRINGLE'S LOG ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING CHARLES LAMB AND THE COMPTROLLER OF ...
... HOURS OF CAMPBELL . LETTERS OF SOUTHEY 68 70 72 73 " 9 74 75 76 76 77 79 79 81 82 83 PHILOSOPHICAL MADMEN • EASE IN MONEY - MATTERS 84 86 66 WE ARE SEVEN 66 " " TOM CRINGLE'S LOG ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING CHARLES LAMB AND THE COMPTROLLER OF ...
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... HOURS GOOD ADVICE • 108 109 109 110 112 113 • 113 114 116 117 117 118 118 119 122 125 125 · 125 · VERY LIKE 125 FAMILY FAILINGS 126 BROKEN ENGLISH 126 · • DOUGLAS JERROLD , A MIDSHIPMAN PUNS AND FANCIES BY THOMAS HOOD " " 66 ORIGIN OF ...
... HOURS GOOD ADVICE • 108 109 109 110 112 113 • 113 114 116 117 117 118 118 119 122 125 125 · 125 · VERY LIKE 125 FAMILY FAILINGS 126 BROKEN ENGLISH 126 · • DOUGLAS JERROLD , A MIDSHIPMAN PUNS AND FANCIES BY THOMAS HOOD " " 66 ORIGIN OF ...
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... hours of the night . He seldom liked to go into a carriage , and I never saw him on horseback . I believe he was too fearful to ride . " 66 " Did Thomson keep much company ? " " Yes , a good deal of the writing sort . I remember Pope ...
... hours of the night . He seldom liked to go into a carriage , and I never saw him on horseback . I believe he was too fearful to ride . " 66 " Did Thomson keep much company ? " " Yes , a good deal of the writing sort . I remember Pope ...
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... hours of the night . He seldom liked to go into a carriage , and I never saw him on horseback . I believe he was too fearful to ride . " " Did Thomson keep much company ? " " Yes , a good deal of the writing sort . I remember Pope , and ...
... hours of the night . He seldom liked to go into a carriage , and I never saw him on horseback . I believe he was too fearful to ride . " " Did Thomson keep much company ? " " Yes , a good deal of the writing sort . I remember Pope , and ...
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... hour . Her surprise and joy at such unexpected charity overpowered her . She dropped upon her knees in the wet and dirt of the street , and raising her hands and eyes toward heaven , remained in that posture for some moments , unable to ...
... hour . Her surprise and joy at such unexpected charity overpowered her . She dropped upon her knees in the wet and dirt of the street , and raising her hands and eyes toward heaven , remained in that posture for some moments , unable to ...
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Página 161 - I'm thinking, Pierre, how that damn'd starving quality Call'd honesty, got footing in the world. PIERRE. Why, pow'rful villainy first set it up, For its own ease and safety: honest men Are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten.
Página 17 - I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on tl s uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening, I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.
Página 44 - We read The Vicar of Wakefield in youth and in age ; we return to it again and again, and bless the memory of an author who contrives so well to reconcile us to human nature.
Página 74 - John Keats, who was killed off by one critique, Just as he really promised something great, If not intelligible, without Greek Contrived to talk about the gods of late, Much as they might have been supposed to speak. Poor fellow! His was an untoward fate; 'T is strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuffed out by an article.
Página 312 - Oh — yes — yes — to be sure — Annapolis must be defended — troops must be sent to Annapolis — Pray where is Annapolis?" — "Cape Breton an island! wonderful — show it me in the map. So it is, sure enough. My dear sir, you always bring us good news. I must go and tell the king that Cape Breton is an island.
Página 2 - ... but, said Savage, he knows not any love but that of the sex; he was perhaps never in cold water in his life; and he indulges himself in all the luxury that comes within his reach.
Página 122 - Kew, gave such a description of them as made me instantly resolve to work in these gardens. The next morning, without saying a word to any one, off I set, with no clothes except those upon my back, and with thirteen halfpence in my pocket. I found that I must go to Richmond, and I accordingly went on, from place to place, inquiring my way thither.
Página 43 - It is made up of incongruous parts. The village in its happy days is a true English village. The village in its decay is an Irish village. • The felicity and the misery which Goldsmith has brought close together belong to two different countries, and to two different stages in the progress of societ}'. He had assuredly never seen in his native island such a rural paradise, such a seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity, as his
Página 234 - We are told that there was no malice, and that the prisoner must have been in liquor. In liquor! Why, he was drunk ! And yet he murdered the very man...
Página 128 - Boz," my signature in the Morning Chronicle, appended to the monthly cover of this book, and retained long afterwards, was the nickname of a pet child, a younger brother, whom I had dubbed Moses, in honor of the Vicar of Wakefield ; which being facetiously pronounced through the nose, became Boses, and being shortened, became Boz. " Boz " was a very familiar household word to me, long before I was an author, and so I came to adopt it.